I think we should organize an archeological
expedition to go over and get some (tanks). Can
use a few weeks away from the old lady. Maybe
Bruce can bring his girlfriend.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan M Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Found Tanks

> At 5:41 PM -0500 2/21/03, Steve Grammont wrote:
> >
> >As to the condition, sitting totally encased in
mud is actually a good
> >thing. No oxygen, which is really needed to
cause serious corrosion.
>
> They should be treated like archealogical digs
for the first few
> phases of their recovery. The amount of gear,
parts, kit and other
> stuff in those vehicles should be time capsules.
Especially if the
> crew only had time to grab key gear before it
sunk into the mud. That
> PZIII still had it's hull MG. Wow....that's just
amazing when you
> think about it. Its as close to the "go back in
time and grab one
> from the motorpool" perfect idea that MV
collectors could get.
>
>
> >The ex-WWII battlefields in the East are
littered with this stuff. The
> >countries realize that they are worth
substantial sums of money and are
> >therefore eager to find these things.
Especially since they are state
> >property and that means the money goes right to
them.
>
> I have to wonder if one could locate some
Lendlease British and US
> gear over there still preserved.
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